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Portman Ridge Finance (KCAP) Competitors

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KCAP vs. VRTS, PSEC, CSWC, OCSL, FDUS, GLAD, TCPC, GAIN, PNNT, and SCM

Should you be buying Portman Ridge Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portman Ridge Finance include Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL), Fidus Investment (FDUS), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL (TCPC), Gladstone Investment (GAIN), PennantPark Investment (PNNT), and Stellus Capital Investment (SCM). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Portman Ridge Finance vs. Its Competitors

Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ:VRTS) and Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:KCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

80.5% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Virtus Investment Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Portman Ridge Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Virtus Investment Partners pays an annual dividend of $9.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Portman Ridge Finance pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Virtus Investment Partners pays out 43.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Portman Ridge Finance pays out 148.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Virtus Investment Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Virtus Investment Partners had 6 more articles in the media than Portman Ridge Finance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Virtus Investment Partners and 0 mentions for Portman Ridge Finance. Virtus Investment Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Portman Ridge Finance's score of 0.00 indicating that Virtus Investment Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Virtus Investment Partners Positive
Portman Ridge Finance Neutral

Virtus Investment Partners presently has a consensus price target of $188.25, suggesting a potential downside of 5.19%. Given Virtus Investment Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Virtus Investment Partners is more favorable than Portman Ridge Finance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Virtus Investment Partners
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75
Portman Ridge Finance
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Virtus Investment Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Portman Ridge Finance. Virtus Investment Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portman Ridge Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Virtus Investment Partners$884.72M1.51$121.75M$20.549.67
Portman Ridge Finance$27.09M17.23-$9.57M$0.2746.30

Virtus Investment Partners has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portman Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Virtus Investment Partners has a net margin of 13.42% compared to Portman Ridge Finance's net margin of -35.34%. Virtus Investment Partners' return on equity of 21.56% beat Portman Ridge Finance's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Virtus Investment Partners13.42% 21.56% 5.27%
Portman Ridge Finance -35.34%5.81%3.52%

Summary

Virtus Investment Partners beats Portman Ridge Finance on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KCAP vs. The Competition

MetricPortman Ridge FinanceInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$466.75M$5.34M$12.42B$9.84B
Dividend Yield10.67%N/A5.54%4.07%
P/E Ratio46.30N/A19.6925.74
Price / Sales17.237.8525.79115.83
Price / Cash37.57N/A21.7659.48
Price / Book2.96N/A2.296.15
Net Income-$9.57M-$350K$1.00B$265.06M

Portman Ridge Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KCAP
Portman Ridge Finance
N/A$12.50
+0.6%
N/A-33.7%$466.75M$27.09M46.3013
VRTS
Virtus Investment Partners
4.0985 of 5 stars
$191.82
+0.1%
$188.25
-1.9%
-0.6%$1.33B$884.72M11.35770Positive News
Dividend Increase
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.9267 of 5 stars
$2.90
-0.3%
$3.00
+3.4%
-41.1%$1.30B$861.66M-3.372,019Positive News
High Trading Volume
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.3299 of 5 stars
$22.62
+0.7%
$24.00
+6.1%
-5.0%$1.21B$204.44M15.2820
OCSL
Oaktree Specialty Lending
2.0546 of 5 stars
$13.28
-1.7%
$15.00
+13.0%
-17.5%$1.19B$381.67M102.15N/AHigh Trading Volume
FDUS
Fidus Investment
1.5465 of 5 stars
$20.65
+0.3%
$21.00
+1.7%
+9.7%$715.12M$146.15M8.82N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
GLAD
Gladstone Capital
1.2148 of 5 stars
$26.72
-0.7%
$23.00
-13.9%
+20.1%$600.90M$96.62M7.8870
TCPC
BLACKROCK TCP CAPITAL
0.5413 of 5 stars
$7.17
+2.0%
$7.00
-2.4%
-18.6%$597.82M$259.44M-12.3621,100Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
GAIN
Gladstone Investment
1.1028 of 5 stars
$13.86
-0.2%
$13.50
-2.6%
+12.0%$511.67M$93.66M7.7970News Coverage
Earnings Report
PNNT
PennantPark Investment
1.7961 of 5 stars
$7.23
+0.8%
$5.88
-18.7%
+4.4%$471.76M$56.93M27.79N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SCM
Stellus Capital Investment
0.8963 of 5 stars
$14.02
+0.4%
$13.00
-7.3%
+5.0%$396.97M$104.74M9.74599Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:KCAP) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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